Can I embed course announcements on a course page?

I am working on a customized landing page for a hybrid course (screenshot below). Each of the six buttons is clickable and takes users to the appropriate content area.

Is there a way for me to add a box that will display the course announcements? I have the URL for the course's announcements page--I just know if there's a way to feed the info to another page in the course (it would be nice if Bb had all of those module components set up as widgets that could be inserted on any page!). The announcements can go beside, above, or below the buttons in the screenshot.

Have you thought about putting your image matrix on the announcements page and sliding it above the gray marker so it is always on top?

Basically, use a three column one row table for the person on each side of the initial announcement to the course/training; then a <br\> break with a three column two row table with your images/links to the various modules. That way it can be the course entry and always at the top. Should you need additional announcements (which we typically don’t on a district wide PD course) they can populate in new announcements that are reverse-chronological order under the matrix announcement.